Tuesday, March 05, 2013

Rainbow Peasant Dress with a Bubble Ruffle

Last week I blogged about the rainbow dress that I made for my older daughter. I had about half a yard of fabric left over, and not wanting to leave Miss Imp out of the rainbow fun, I made a coordinating dress for her to wear on St. Patrick's Day.

My options were limited because I had a small piece of fabric to work with. So I settled on making a simple peasant dress with a ruffle hem. Then out of nowhere, the phrase "floating on cloud nine" popped into my head and I was inspired to make the ruffle look like a fluffy cloud. After brainstorming a bit, I decided that constructing the ruffle like a bubble skirt would be the best way to accomplish this.

Here is a closer look at the bubble ruffle....

And a shot from below showing how the ruffle was constructed....

Miss Imp is thrilled to have a rainbow dress like her big sister. I guess you can say that she is floating on cloud nine!

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Hello, I'm visiting from the hop. This is the cutest little dress. It's truly adorable. I love to sew and create with fabric too. I'm also your new follower. I hope you will visit my blog and hopefully want to follow back. I love making new friends. BestAngel

Hi, I'm Kirstin. Welcome to Craftiments, a creative DIY blog about my experiments in sewing and crafts. I can't wait to hear from you! You may send your questions and comments to kirstin {at} craftiments {dot} com.